2018-02-18T05:01:48ZThe roles of real estate developer companies in disaster management in Dhaka cityhttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/9250
The roles of real estate developer companies in disaster management in Dhaka city
Khan, Subrin
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is one of the populous megacities in the world.
As the growth of urban population is taking at an exceptionally rapid rate, the
landscape of the city is forced for rapid urbanization to keep pace with rapid increase
in population. Rapid and haphazard urbanization is creating a lot of environmental
and physical hazards. Dhaka is already exposed to natural hazards such as flood and
earthquake, but interventions of some government agencies such as RAJUK and
private housing companies are damaging the environmental in many ways. Apartment
building construction introduced by private Real Estate Developer companies have
not only contributed in the national economy but at the same time due to lack of
sustainable issues in their building policy, Dhaka is now under threat to many man
made hazards. Through this research it is evident that these developer companies are
more focused towards making profits rather than achieving sustainability. The
residents of the apartment buildings have shown much concern for their safety in their
building as well as in the neighborhood for which many suggestions and problems
have been brought forward by them which they prefer should be addressed by the
developer companies in near future for sustainable and healthy growth of Dhaka city.
Some suggestions on Bangladesh National Building Code has been addressed for
achieving sustainability and disaster management for Dhaka city.
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Disaster Management, 2017.; Cataloged from PDF version of dissertation.; Includes bibliographical references (page 41-44).
2017-07-01T00:00:00ZClimate change and food security in Northern Bangladesh: experience of RDRS in implementing Stress Tolerant ricehttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/9249
Climate change and food security in Northern Bangladesh: experience of RDRS in implementing Stress Tolerant rice
Obayed, Joynub Nabila
Nowadays climate change has become a big issue worldwide. Every country and each person is
concerned about climate change. It is a fear to face mega disasters in future due to climate
change and that is why almost all the countries are taking mitigation actions and plans to fight
and survive the severity of disasters. In Bangladesh, Government, NGOs and other different
types of organizations are taking various initiatives to face the current and future threats of
climate change. In the course of changing climate the food security issue is a very important
aspect to deal with. Whatever the disaster occurs, to keep people live food should be ensured first
and foremost because without food people cannot live. As a mitigation option for climate change
and Disaster Risk Reduction food security should be first condition.
The objective of this paper is to find out the implementation and impact of Stress Tolerant Rice
in 8 districts of Rangpur Division within the working area of RDRS Bangladesh to ensure food
security as a mitigation option for climate change. In this paper two variety of stress tolerant rice
will be discussed which are Flood Tolerant Rice and Draught Tolerant Rice. The field area for
this research will be within working areas of RDRS Bangladesh; Lalmonithat, Kurigram,
Dinajpur Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Rangpur, Nilphamari and Gaibandha of Rangpur Division.
All the data for this paper has been collected from Field visits in RDRS working areas, reports
and case studies collected from related staff, books and internet.
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Disaster Management, 2017.; Cataloged from PDF version of dissertation.; Includes bibliographical references (page 23).
2017-07-01T00:00:00ZResponse in mass casualty incidents: survival of selected tertiary level hospital in Bangladeshhttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/9248
Response in mass casualty incidents: survival of selected tertiary level hospital in Bangladesh
Munir, AKM Mashiul
An effective and immediate response from hospital personnel is critical to meet the needs
of affected populations at the time of an disaster. Hospitals need to develop, practice and
continuously update an effective disaster/emergency medical response plan.
Communities and impacted regions cannot depend on immediate medical and
humanitarian aid from other outside sources to meet medical care needs during the first
three to five days following a mass casualty incident. How hospitals in disaster-prone
countries like Bangladesh can improve their medical response is discussed.
To find out the resilience of a tertiary level hospital in Bangladesh to combat mass
casualty incidents, Kurmitola General Hospital was selected and study was carried out.
This study was a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The administrator, engineers and
in charge of the Emergency & Casualty department were interviewed. The hospital was
visited to verify the selected questionnaire response by a checklist. Among all the tertiary
level hospitals “Kurmitola General Hospital” was selected. It is the most recently
constructed tertiary level general hospital in Bangladesh. So it is expected that disaster
survival and disaster support elements and structures are well formulated in this hospital.
This study was conducted from January 2017 to September 2017. The WHO guideline
was followed to find out resilience of Kurmitola General Hospital.
Hospital Safety Index (HSI) for this hospital was included with 162 items, which
included structural, non-structural and functional capacity. Hospital safety was classified
to three safety classes: low (≤34.0), average (34.01–66.0) and high (>66.0). Structural
safety of this hospital was 100%, nonstructural safety was rated as 78%. But functional
safety which included the managerial aspects was 37% only. Which demands more
emphasis to be given on hospital disaster planning, training of personnel and coordination
with other stakeholders.
Same type of survey for all the tertiary level hospitals of Bangladesh and forwarding a
consolidated report to the competent authority for further planning is recommended.
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Disaster Management, 2017.; Cataloged from PDF version of dissertation.; Includes bibliographical references (page 57-63).
2017-07-01T00:00:00ZExisting volunteerism in response and recovery on disaster management in Bangladeshhttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/9247
Existing volunteerism in response and recovery on disaster management in Bangladesh
Ferdaus, Muhammad
Community participation is the most effective elements to achieving sustainability in dealing with natural disaster risks. As a disaster, prone country Bangladesh is affected by different types of natural hazards like tropical cyclones, tidal bores, floods, tornados, river bank erosions, earthquakes etc. almost every year and destroy many lives and resources of people. It is surrounded by thousands of rivers, in the North the Himalayan range and in the South the Bay of Bengal creates harsh weather especially for a large number of poor people live in the southern part of Bangladesh making them as common victim of natural calamities, sometimes the vulnerability is so miserable that they must resettle themselves in the newly accreted land. For sustainable development, the negative impacts of these natural hazards must be minimized that affecting the socio-economic condition. The prevention of occurrence of natural disasters influenced by natural causes may be impossible but it can be reduced by proper planning, management and human collective participation. From realization of this reality, the government of Bangladesh has adopted disaster management plans and programs for the mitigation of disaster and its possible adverse impacts. This study analyzes the approaches to disaster management by grassroots community participation in Bangladesh based on literature review.
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Disaster Management, 2017.; Cataloged from PDF version of dissertation.; Includes bibliographical references (page 41-44).
2017-12-01T00:00:00Z